Textile Product Show attract over 40,000 trade visitors
Texfair 2012, the seventh edition of the Textile Machinery,
Accessories, Spares & Equipments Exhibition, was held at the CODISSIA
Trade Fair Complex in Coimbatore during March 2-5. Over 150 exhibitors
displayed their products and services at the 170 stalls.
The exhibitors were manufacturers/distributors/
textile machinery, spares, accessories, testing equipments, electrical
and electronic components, etc. Manufacturers/suppliers from China,
Japan, Germany, etc., also exhibited their products and services.
Coinciding with TEXFAIR, the Association had organized the Textile
Product Show, a maiden event, for all the four days. Around 20 textile
mills participated in it. Most of the mills were from Tamil Nadu and
the products ranging from yarn to fabric were displayed. The others
displayed yarn and cloth made from organic cotton, viscose, blended
yarn, open-end yarn, slub yarn, fancy yarn, etc.
Many spinning mills which have gone in for forward integration
presented their products like knitted cloth, woven cloth and varieties
of home textiles. A few mills introduced branded varieties which
attracted huge gatherings.
A unique feature of the show was the presence of 40 powerloom owners
from Sholapur who visited the stalls and made enquiries about yarn
availability and quality, etc. Powerloom owners and weavers from
Somanur, Palladam, Erode, Tiruchengode, Namakkal and Salem also
visited the stalls.
Seminars were organized on March 3 and 4 at the same venue. The topics
for discussion were “Energy Conservation and Power Planning” by Power
House, “Energy Savings in Energy Compressors” by Elgi Equipments Ltd.,
“Natural Gas Supplies through Cochin-Bangalore-Mangalore pipeline” by
Gas Authority of India Ltd., “Gas-based Captive Power Generation” by
Sterling & Wilson Ltd., and “Stalemate to Stability – A breakthrough
Lean DFSS Solution for Textiles” by the Indian Statistical Institute.
Texfair 2012 and Textile Product Show attracted over 40,000 business
trade visitors. CEOs and top executives from mills also visited the
expo which helped the mills in incorporating the latest developments.
It also helped the exhibitors get more new business contracts, apart
from renewing the existing ones.
